Re: Upcoming Debian Releases
> > > This is still debatable - some bugs are more serious than others. Many are
> > > requests for enhancements: these should be exempt from the 12 months limit.
> >
> > I never said otherwise. People with such bug reports can do one of
> > several things:
> >
> > 1) Mark it as "forwarded" -- This should be done for any "bug" that is
> > beyond the responsibility of the maintainer, which almost all feature
> > requests will be. Of those that are not, most will be small enhance-
> > ments that can easily be done within a few months. There are a few
> > exceptions to both of these cases, but they cover the large majority.
>
> I've stated this in another message: I don't think that forwarding a
> bug should necessarily make it not critical. If a bug exists that is
> important to Debian, but not to the upstream maintainer, then we should
> fix it if it's around too long, and forward patches upstream.
We're talking about two different things, here. I was suggesting ways
for dealing with "feature enhancements" (see the original quote, above)
that have gone unanswered for too long.
Real bugs are a different matter, though I don't think it's reasonable
to simply expect a maintainer to fix upstream bugs. There is no reason
why a forwarded bug cannot became critical. It just won't do so by
default.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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